National University’s Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies
Department of Social Sciences Colloquium
Event: “Oil Poor, Oil Rich: Problems of Social Transformations in Middle East”
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Spectrum Campus
9388 Lightwave Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123-1426
- Talks will take place in room 150 (The Leadership Room).
- Morning and afternoon refreshments as well as lunch will be provided.
- Lunch will be in Room 114.
- The book signing will be in the lobby.
Thank you all in advance for your support for the Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies at National University.
Event Schedule
| Morning Session | Gender in the Middle East |
| 9:30 a.m. | Coffee |
| 10:00 a.m. | Welcome: Dr. Carol Richardson, Dean of the College of Letters and SciencesIntroductions: Dr. Lorna Zukas, Professor, Sociology and Global Studies, National University |
| 10:15-11:00 a.m. | Dr. Valentine Moghadam, Director of the International Affairs Program and Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University: “Feminisms and Democratic Transitions: the Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective”
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| 11:00-11:45 a.m. | Dr. Rae Blumberg, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia: “Patriarchy, Petroleum, and the Middle East vs. the ‘Islamic Surprise’” |
| 11:45 a.m.-
12:15 p.m. |
Comments and Questions: Dr. Huma Ahmed-Ghosh, Professor and Chair, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University |
| 12:15 -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | Journalistic Perspectives of the Everyday – Work, War, and Living |
| 1:30 p.m. | Introductions: Dr. Duncan Campbell, Assistant Professor, History, National University |
| 1:45-2:30 p.m. | Mr. Raymond Barnett, Journalist and author of Dubai Dreams: Inside the Kingdom of Bling |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. | Mr. Zuhair al-Jezairy, Journalist and author of The Devil You Don’t Know: Going Back to Iraq |
| 3:15-3:45 p.m. | Comments and Questions: Dr. Shak Hanish, Associate Professor, Political Science, National University |
| 3:45-4:30 p.m. | Refreshments and Book Signing |
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University, Groundwork Books, and Trader Joe’s.
Lorna Lueker Zukas 